CHICHESTER COMPREHENSIVELY BEATEN BY SELSEY

CHICHESTER are still searching for their first goal of the season after they were comprehensively undone 4-0 at Selsey in their second fixture on Tuesday.

Midfielder Adrian Brockway continued to deputise in goal and had a real job on his hands during the first-half, having to cope with a dazzling sun in his eyes in addition to an unpredictable strong wind.

Selsey always looked the stronger team and rattled up three goals before the interval.  Tom  Ridley escaped down the left-wing on a solo run to strike the opening blow with 8 minutes on the clock, and the same player hit the woodwork with a free-kick allowing ex-City forward Jake Lafferty to slot home the rebound on 25 minutes.

Ridley got his second from the spot after Ross Woolf had been bundled to the ground, although in another similar incident at the other end, referee Wallace denied appeals for a penalty during one of the few City raids.

Any chance of a second-half revival was quickly snuffed out on 54 minutes when Selsey extended their lead courtesy of Joe Miles, who blasted the ball into the net following a corner.

The remainder of the contest was of no consequence.  For Selsey, it broke a ten-year hoodoo of not beating City at the High Street Ground.  Danny Hinshelwood’s side now have maximum points after the opening week of the campaign.  

Report written by Chester Browton

Chichester Team: Brockway, Miah, Ford, Foster, Hope, Johnson, Bedden, Mark Cooper, Huntley, Vassallo, Hickman.
Subs: Hider & Matthew Cooper (both used)
Scorers: -

Attendance: 182